Exploring Historic Dutch New York: New York City * Hudson Valley * New Jersey * Delaware

ISBN 10: 0486486370 / ISBN 13: 9780486486376

Edité par Dover Publications, 2011

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0486486370I5N00

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Présentation de l'éditeur: 'The Dutch spirit of diversity, tolerance, and entrepreneurship still echoes across our city streets today. This guide will highlight the history of the early settlements of these new world pioneers as well as the incredible impact they had, and still have, on the world's greatest city. 'Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York This comprehensive guide to touring important sites of Dutch history serves as an engrossing cultural and historical reference. Sixteen internationally renowned scholars explore Dutch art in the Metropolitan Museum, Dutch cooking, Dutch architecture, Dutch immigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, English words of Dutch origin, Dutch furniture and antiques, and much more. Color photographs and maps throughout. 'An expansive guidebook inspired by the Henry Hudson quadricentennial and accompanied by informative essays.' The New York Times A Dover original, in association with the Museum of the City of New York.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Exploring Historic Dutch New York: New York ...
Éditeur : Dover Publications
Date d'édition : 2011
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Fair
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket